Coin holder



w. R. GROSS.

CVOIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2!, 192].

1,4=37,733 Patented Dec. 5, 1922 FIG. 5. a

Gnome Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

i'rnosrares rArsNr fierce] WALTER E. GROSS OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

COIN HOLDER;

Application filed. February 21 1921. Serial No.'446,537.

other person using the devicemay readily extract from it the proper amount of coins he'wishes to return to the streetcar patron.

or other person who has money coming on any kind of transaction for which this device is applicable.

In the drawing: c

Fig. 1 is a top view of the device with only a portion of the coin cylinder cover shown.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1 with the coin cylinder cover omitted.

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the device.

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the main frame.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional elevation on line 5-5 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged inverted section on line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view of one of the coin extractors.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of lower part of the device as on line 88 in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals. 9 designates a sheet metal main frame of L-shape in section having end walls 10, and a double bottom consisting of an upper plate 11 and a lower plate 12. Near'the front edge 13 of plate 11 I mount a row of vertical tubes 14 of various diameters to receive various sizes of coins 15, said plate 11 having holes 16 to correspond to size of tubes and coins.

17 is a cover plate to fit over the tops of tubes 14 and has slots 18 for insertion of coins; it is also provided with two or more screws 19 each with head 20 and their lower ends threaded to go into threaded holes 21 in bottom plate 12 (see Fig. 3) thus holding the cover firmly.

Between the plates 11 and 12 and under each tube 14 I provide a coin extractor or slide 22 (see Fig. 7 for detail) of a thickness to correspond to thickness of coins used in.

each tube, and having a hole23 in its forward end, said hole being of a size also to correspond to the coin it is to move.

Back of holes 23 the slide is narrower forming shoulders 24-and in the narrow portion I punch a slot 25 the metal being bent down at right angles and forming a tongue 26, and the rear end of the slide is bent upward atright angles to form an arm 27 for a purpose which will nowbe described. The bottom plate 12 has slots 28 punched out of it and part of the adjacent metal is bent inward" and up forming flanges 29 which are spaced so that the narrow portion 1 of slide 22 can be slidablyin'serted between them (see Fig. 6) the downwardly projecting tongue 26 of each slide projecting through a slot 30 in said plate 12 and the upwardly projecting arms 27 move in slots 31 in plate 11. The shoulders 24 of each slide 22 are normally held by a spring presently to be described, in position against the ends of the flanges 29 which serve as stops for said shoulders and the coin openings 23 are then in position shown in full lines in Fig. 3. In said Fig. 3 I have shown semicircular notches 32 in the bottom plate 12 slightly overlapping the opening 23 of each slide 22 when in normal position.

The upwardly projecting arms 27 of the slides are normally in position near the rear wall of frame 9 and each of them is engaged by a vertical leaf spring 33 the upper end of which is clamped between the rear wall of frame 9 and a bar 34 threadedto receive a screw 35.

In Fig. 8 I have shown a modified form of coin slide 22 for extracting several coins at a time, the slide merely being provided with a collar 36 of predetermined height and the coin tube above it is modified in construction as follows (see Figs. 1 2 and 8) The tube 14 is simply made so its lower end terminates above plate 11 as at 14 (in Fig. 8) and sei cured to the adjacent tube by spacers 37 (see Figs. 1 and 2) and a tight fitting. slidable inner tube 38 is inserted. This inner tube is raised or lowered according to height of collar 36 and held by a scr'ew39 in a boss 40 of outer tube 14 (see Fig. 8).

When the operator desires to hang this device on his coat or other garment I have provided holes 41 with narrow upwardly extending slots 42 the object being to have correspondingly spaced buttons on the coat to slip into said holes 4E1 and the device is then p straddle the thread holding the buttons and thus hold the device in place.

The slot 43 in plate 1 1 Fig 1) is pr0- vided to permit a slide 22 such as shown in Fig. 8 to slide outward.

In the use of the device the operator simply puts coins of various sizes in their respective tubes or containers, the slides 22 and bottom l2preventing coins from dropping through. When it is' desired to extract coins theoperator merely siips his hand under the device, palm upward, to receive the coins, engaging one or more of tongues26 with his fingers and pulling forward. lVhentongue 26 hits end of slot 30 the opening23 of the slide and the coin within it have reached position 23 (Fig. 3) leaving the coin or coins free to drop into the palm of operator. The arm 27 has meantime reached position 27 (Fig. 5 and spring pushed down so the slots 42 willto position to receive another coin from those stored in the tube.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In a coin holder, an L-shaped frame, a plurality of coin tubes mounted on the hori zontal part ofthe frame in spaced relation to the vertical part thereof, and a slidable coinejector in said horizontal part for ejecting coins from eachof said tubes, a vertically disposed leaf spring, for each ejector, removably secured with its upper end to the vertical Wall of the frame and having its lower end in pressing contact with its corresponding coin ejector for the purpose described. c

2. A coin holder having a vertical coin holding tube with a clearance space below it, and means for ejecting a coin or coins from said space, said tube being composed of two telescoped members,-and means for holding the inner member more or less projected into said-space.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. I k

/VALTER R. GROSS. 

